When it was the War Department, it only managed the Army, the Navy had its own cabinet secretary & department, and the Air Force was still part of the Army. When it was all military forces were brought under a single department, it got renamed so it didn’t look like the Navy was being made subservient to the Army.
Like how the Tappan Zee Bridge is now the Mario M. Cuomo Sr. bridge (they rebuilt it a while back, and its not named after Governor bad touch, its named after his dad).
CT re-did their signs, NY re-did their signs, but NJ being the spiteful bastards they are (love ya New Jersey, keep it up) still has the old Tappan Zee signs all over the place.
It's officially the Got Milk Tower now because mammals have strayed so far from the path that they need a reminder to buy white drink.
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Someday the US will hopefully do an ancient-Egypt style cleansing project, where his disgraced name will be chiselled off of every edifice and building, save one, where a plaque sits below, spelling out the sheer disaster of his legacy; where people may read of his misdeeds, but never again need to otherwise hear or see his name again.
I hope in his last days he is told of how the world is already working to utterly erase his stain on history, to be forgotten save for its use as a cautionary tale.
And hopefully, when he dies, he's not allowed to lay in state, but instead is shoveled out with the rest of the toxic trash. We already have his epitaph ready.
Yeah .... knowing America's track record ... after he dies, his name will be mocked and removed everywhere ... then in a hundred years (or less), there will be a new neo-MAGA movement that will revive his name and everyone will debate about his legacy all over again.
We're on to your dumb games America ... you can't be trusted any more.
He has this weird obsession with Andrew Lloyd Weber (especially Phantom) but I think that's it. Unless the weird obsession with the Village People also counts.
"Hey look I forced my name on that building" is that really his deal, is that a big win lol? Does he know that most people have buildings named AFTER them, they don't put the names on themselves? It's not quite so prestigious.
51 Comments
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 165 pts · 270d
It's still the Gulf of Mexico. It's still the Department of Defense. It's still the Kennedy Center.
He wasn't shot. He didn't win. He's in the files.
rafoix@lemmy.zip · 54 pts · 270d
The only change I agree with is department of war. The US doesn’t do defense.
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 18 pts · 270d
Touché
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 270d
To be fair, yes, it was originally the Dept. of War. It actually is more honest. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, yadda yadda.
mercano@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 270d
When it was the War Department, it only managed the Army, the Navy had its own cabinet secretary & department, and the Air Force was still part of the Army. When it was all military forces were brought under a single department, it got renamed so it didn’t look like the Navy was being made subservient to the Army.
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 270d
Good historical context, thank you. I'm not American so I wasn't aware of these nuances :)
Vupware@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 270d
I agree. It was odd seeing people get up in arms about that change.
ExFed@programming.dev · 4 pts · 270d
I see what you did there...
snooggums@piefed.world · 4 pts · 270d
It is more about what we want the department to do than what they actually do.
jokerwanted@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 269d
I just call Pete Hegseth the Secretary of War Crimes.
Lemming6969@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 269d
We also don't officially declare war.
commanderschlepper@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 270d
Exactly. I'll never stop calling it the Sears Tower.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 270d
Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis Tower?
Bahnd@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 270d
Like how the Tappan Zee Bridge is now the Mario M. Cuomo Sr. bridge (they rebuilt it a while back, and its not named after Governor bad touch, its named after his dad).
CT re-did their signs, NY re-did their signs, but NJ being the spiteful bastards they are (love ya New Jersey, keep it up) still has the old Tappan Zee signs all over the place.
finley@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 270d
I actually don’t know what it’s called now. It’s changed the names a couple of times since then.
qualia@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 270d
It's officially the Got Milk Tower now because mammals have strayed so far from the path that they need a reminder to buy white drink. ::: spoiler Title /false :::
s@piefed.world · 4 pts · 270d
Conservatives and their woke rebrands, too soft and sensitive to hear words
ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 270d
It has always been the Department of War. Renaming it to "Defense" was a psyop to justify the "defense" budget.
DomeGuy@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 270d
The board is dominated by Trump, but not every last member. Key facts:
RunningInRVA@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 270d
Until they just update the name on the building and Congress does nothing. That’s what their plan is.
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 54 pts · 270d
Someday the US will hopefully do an ancient-Egypt style cleansing project, where his disgraced name will be chiselled off of every edifice and building, save one, where a plaque sits below, spelling out the sheer disaster of his legacy; where people may read of his misdeeds, but never again need to otherwise hear or see his name again.
I hope in his last days he is told of how the world is already working to utterly erase his stain on history, to be forgotten save for its use as a cautionary tale.
capt_wolf@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 270d
And hopefully, when he dies, he's not allowed to lay in state, but instead is shoveled out with the rest of the toxic trash. We already have his epitaph ready.
Psionicsickness@reddthat.com · 9 pts · 270d
What is that from?
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 270d
Nuclear waste disposal sites
SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world · 13 pts · 270d
It's also the sign on my mom's bedroom door.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 270d
I find it rewarding.
RandomStickman@fedia.io · 10 pts · 270d
People had been thinking about long term storage of nuclear waste. Part of it is warnings that could last like 10,000 years, where context and knowledge of nuclear wastes has been lost but the waste is still dangerous. The text is part of the message that people have come up with for such warnings.
Soggy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 270d
My favorite version is the gene-edited cats and accompanying folk song.
notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 269d
Mine too - ray cats FTW! The 10,000 year ear worm is worth a listen.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 270d
My tramp stamp
dellish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 270d
See also: Destalinization . This has all happened before.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 269d
See also also: Damnatio Memoriae
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 270d
Yeah .... knowing America's track record ... after he dies, his name will be mocked and removed everywhere ... then in a hundred years (or less), there will be a new neo-MAGA movement that will revive his name and everyone will debate about his legacy all over again.
We're on to your dumb games America ... you can't be trusted any more.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 270d
In 100 years in the South there will be statues of Trump standing with Epstein. They will say it's about heritage and freedom.
The memes will be, "Freedom to do what?"
kylie_kraft@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 270d
I just hope that he's singularly obsessed with vanity projects and sticking his name on everything because he's going to be dead soon.
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 12 pts · 270d
Wouldn't that be a Christmas miracle?
notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 269d
I believe in miracles
ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com · 14 pts · 270d
How long before he demands the building of mt. trumpmore?
lividweasel@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 270d
H.R.792 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to arrange for the carving of the figure of President Donald J. Trump on Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Just introduced by one rep and would never go anywhere, but still…
Asafum@feddit.nl · 12 pts · 270d
What the actual fuck does he even have to do with performing arts?
Might as well name some foundation "The Donald J Trump Immigrant and Transgender Rights Foundation."
korda@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 270d
That would be a perfect renaming for ICE.
smeenz@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 270d
He's a con artist.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 269d
He has this weird obsession with Andrew Lloyd Weber (especially Phantom) but I think that's it. Unless the weird obsession with the Village People also counts.
lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 270d
They needed to chum the waters for all the new Epstein details flowing out
Grandpa Stinky is scared
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 270d
Hopefully someone will tear Trump's name off all the signs.
etherphon@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 270d
"Hey look I forced my name on that building" is that really his deal, is that a big win lol? Does he know that most people have buildings named AFTER them, they don't put the names on themselves? It's not quite so prestigious.
ryrybang@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 270d
What a weak pussy. That's got the name of a Democrat in it.
A true leader would name it The Glorious Trump Center for True Trump Arts and the Celebration of Good Trump Performances.
What a weak leader.
frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 7 pts · 270d
Any public money designated to the original name should not be allowed to go to whatever this new thing is
DCErik@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 270d
In similarly important news, my cat, High Space Admiral Peaches, has renamed her litter box 'Donald J Trunt'.
lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 270d
Remember the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark when the Ark burns away the swastica painted on the side of its crate?
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 270d
“How can I make this about my name, but not lose the brand recognition of the old name… wait, I know!”